Award Overview
The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year.
The Printz criteria is literary excellence when considering, but not limited to, the following:
- Story
- Voice
- Style
- Setting
- Accuracy
- Characters
- Theme
- Illustrations
- Design
Voting Rules for Printz
On each ballot each member will vote for her/his top three choices. First choice receives five points; second choice receives three points, and third choice receives one point. To win, a title must receive five first place votes and must also receive at least five more points than the second place title.
For the sake of time and in deference to our online voting, we will be disregarding the “must receive five first place votes and must also receive at least five more points than the second place title”.
Kansas City Mock Book Awards 